MLB Names Cy Young Award Winners

Jake Arrieta of the Chicago Cubs has won the NL Cy
Young Award, acing out Dodgers stars Zack Greinke and Clayton
Kershaw.

Arrieta got 17 first-place votes for 169 points from the Baseball
Writers' Association of America in results announced Wednesday.
Greinke drew 10 first-place votes and had 147 points. Kershaw had
the other three firsts and 101 points.

Arrieta led the majors in wins, going 22-6. He went 11-0 in his
last 12 starts, pushing the Cubs into the playoffs for the first
time since 2008. He had a 1.77 ERA, struck out 236 and pitched a
no-hitter.

Greinke posted a 1.66 ERA that was the lowest in the majors since
1995. He went 19-3, fanned 200 and had a scoreless streak of 45 2-3
innings.

Kershaw had won three of the last four NL Cy Youngs. He struck out
301, the most in the majors since 2002, and went 16-7 with a 2.13
ERA for the NL West champions.

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Houston Astros lefty Dallas Keuchel has won the AL Cy
Young Award, easily beating out David Price.

Keuchel got 22 first-place votes for 186 points from the Baseball
Writers' Association of America in results announced Wednesday.

Keuchel led the league in wins, going 20-8 and helping Houston
reach the playoffs for the first time since 2005. The bearded
27-year-old with a dominant sinker and sharp slider had a 2.48 ERA
and 216 strikeouts.

Price went 18-5 with a 2.45 ERA and 225 strikeouts. Traded from
Detroit to Toronto in late July, he pushed the Blue Jays toward
their first playoff appearance since 1993. (Associated Press)